Dianne the Amazing Smiling Greyhound!

Dianne has been living with us for a little over a week, except for a small break over the weekend dueto a trip, and has been a pleasure all around. We have had no accidents since having her, and she works well with our other greyhound, Sandy. 

She is very affectionate and greets me every afternoon with wagging tail and kisses on the hand. She's friendly towards other people, although I haven't had much opportunity to introduce her to other non-greyhounds. She takes treats from the hand very well, which is suprising to me because it took Sandy a few weeks to be comfortable enough to do that.

Dianne crates extremely well, and actually has been spending a bit of time in her crate, even though she doesn't have to. She is also handling stairs pretty well, with only the occasional slip-up. When she sleeps, she tends to roach a bit. If you're unfamiliar with roaching, a description is here.

She smiles, A LOT

Our little Diane has a problem, she hides the fact that she is excited about something.  It isn't written all over her face and she is totally silent about the fact that she is happy... can you feel the sarcasm?  This little girl smiles and please do not mistake this for an agressive face, but all you see is teeth and a lot of gum!  Also, when she is happy, she will whimper and whine and her tail goes a mile a minute, looks like the wing of a humming bird.  This little girl lost half of her tail in an incident at the track, so it is bobbed a bit. 

I had the pleasure of housing Diane for about 4 days recently, initially, when she met the cat, it wasn't a good meeting, but once everyone was confortable, she paid no mond to the cat.  I looked over on night while doing dishes and the cat was between her legs, rubbing up against her muzzel. 

This goofy girl is full of affection too, she will give you kisses and will let you love on her until you can love no more. 

We had no accidents while she was here, she is a good eater and responds well to correction.  She does fairly well on lead once she calms down a bit.  I was walking 3 dogs at the time and everyone was manageable.  She takes stairs like a champ.  She paid no mind to toys, wasn't too sure what they were and was my shadow for the better part of the time.  She crates extremely well... but when you go to let her out of her crate, be ready for another eye-full of teeth and gums.

This girl will truly love her human and will expect the same in return. 

The Blue Fawn

Dianne just came to us last weekend and what a beauty she is!  She is a striking blue fawn who has a special characteristic - she is a smiler!!  Here she is getting a bath.  I don't think she is having fun, do you?  But she's clean and happy now!  BTW, Dianne will be at the Marietta Farmer's Market Saturday, August 1, from 9-11 a.m. if you'd like to see her.  Come on out!